General Manager – Womens Services

Company: NHS Scotland
Apply for the General Manager – Womens Services
Location: Wishaw
Job Description:

About the Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services. We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

Responsibilities

  • To deliver high quality care for patients.
  • To deliver agreed financial targets and budgets, including corporate recovery schemes, recurring savings programmes and efficiency measures.
  • To deliver inpatient, day case, outpatient and specific waiting time guarantees as set out by Scottish Government Health Department.
  • To deliver agreed activity targets for all services and functions within Directorate, including waiting lists.

Qualifications

  • Educated to postgraduate/masters degree level or equivalent experience, preferably with an MBA or MSc management qualification.
  • Must have demonstrable senior managerial experience with recent evidence of effectively implementing organisational changes and evidence of effective resource management.
  • Proven track record of staff management, leadership and motivation through cohesive and effective team working.
  • Must be able to create an atmosphere of trust and co-operation during a period of rapid and complex change.

Benefits

  • Annual Leave – 35 days including public holidays.
  • Generous NHS pension scheme.
  • Annual incremental salary progression.
  • Paid sick leave increasing with length of service.
  • NHS discounts and more.

Recruitment Timeline

  • Advertised: 06 July 2026
  • Closing Date: 16 July 2026
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Single assessment event on 27 July 2026
  • Final Panel Interview: 29 July 2026

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent – regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

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Posted: July 14th, 2026